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aimeejoy 
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Posted: 17 January 2008 at 10:14am |
Argh! Just realised my wedding and engagement ring are getting too tight. Tried to get them off first thing this morning, ran under cold tap and used soap but not a hope 
So are there any tricks for getting them off? If I cant I'll just have to leave them and hope I dont puff up much more...
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Posted: 17 January 2008 at 10:21am |
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olive oil? Hand cream? These usually work for me.
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Posted: 17 January 2008 at 10:31am |
What Monster said. Otherwise, stick your hand in the freezer for a minute or so, and see if that does the trick 
and don't try again until tomorrow morning when the general temp is cooler 
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Posted: 17 January 2008 at 10:53am |
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Vasoline? It might take a bit of wiggling and pain tho!!!
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Posted: 17 January 2008 at 12:21pm |
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There is a trick that ambulence staff use to get rings off, or fingers out of small spaces! It involves winding a piece of string around it, cant remember how but mum told me and they do it where she works at the Dr.
You could try ringing the Dr's and see if they know!
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Posted: 17 January 2008 at 1:14pm |
Olive Oil should do the trick!
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Posted: 17 January 2008 at 1:17pm |
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any luck getting your rings off aimeejoy?
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aimeejoy
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Posted: 17 January 2008 at 1:42pm |
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Am going to try later tonight or first thing in the morning. They have puffed up with the heat (oh and prob all the weight gain!!). Will try all of the above suggestions tho, as really want them off. now that I have noticed it is annoying me they are so tight.
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Posted: 17 January 2008 at 2:14pm |
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moisturiser is what we use at work when we have people with stuck rings come in and wanting them cut off. You will find the more you try, the more swollen your fingers get. Try after you have had a good lie down and are'nt too hot. Good luck!
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Posted: 17 January 2008 at 9:47pm |
Soapy water works for me, dunk your hands in a sink full of soapy water and take them off while soaking in the soapy bath. Just make sure you don't flush them down the drain after!
ETA: it's a 2-in-1 treatment too as it cleans your rings at the same time 
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Posted: 17 January 2008 at 10:29pm |
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Coooooold water and then moisturiser worked for me when I was preggo.
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Posted: 18 January 2008 at 12:29am |
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moisturiser worked for me.
i cant wear my ring now eitehr dam heat
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Posted: 18 January 2008 at 8:06am |
Finally managed to get them off last night. They looked like they had gone down slightly so just yanked and they eventually came off! Got a bit stuck on the knuckle and made the end of my finger go purple for a while but all good now. Got a lovely indent on my finger still so they must have been tight. And its white under there!! Thanks for all your help
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Posted: 18 January 2008 at 9:41am |
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i still have an indent i i took mine off 3wks ago, mine got real tight after being pregs with james.
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Posted: 18 January 2008 at 9:47am |
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Had my wedding ring cut off at the jewellers:( They did a great job of putting it back together again after my hands stopped swelling so it wasn't the major trauma after all
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Posted: 18 January 2008 at 10:58am |
Yay i'm glad you got them off ok Aimee.
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I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived!
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Posted: 18 January 2008 at 2:43pm |
I was going to suggest trying to have the baby. I'm sure that'd do wonders for the swelling
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aimeejoy
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Posted: 18 January 2008 at 3:26pm |
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Well Nikki, that would be my first choice, but I think 4 weeks early is a little wishful thinking!! Man it feels weird having them off, I never needed to last time so its the first time in 3 years...
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How to get rings off?
